IMHO (or How I look at it): Layered & Textured Backgrounds: Art Journaling Tips & Tricks (Download) - Interweave
I actually downloaded this...I have been watching Paula on You Tube for about a week now. She has become one of my favorite muse. I love her teaching style and the everyday way she uses in explaining her art and best of all the supplies. I feel a kinship to her and I think you will too. Paula's inspiration caused me to once again subscribe to the "Cloth Paper Scissors" magazine. The magazine was good before, but now they have these "workshop" downloads making it more interesting. Try it you may like this stuff. Hugs and Chocolate kisses from LynnB
Thursday, February 23, 2012
New Art from Old Faces
Around 2005 yr I painted a series of ACEO/ATC on 140 lb watercolor paper with acrylics. Once I got started painting the mini-portraits for which I call my Divas, I could not stop. I ended up with about 126 little paintings of woman from different cultures, ages, etc. that just popped out of my drawing hand. All kinds of faces. One of my major objectives and reasons for early retirement was to explore my art once again. During my life time I have put it to the side for something or someone else or tried to make money from it so I could live by my paintings alone. Aside from taking care of some major health issues, I plan on dying with paint in my hair. That may sound morbid to most of you, but a person with the love (rather NEED) to create would understand.
I have been watching YouTube videos for the past several weeks and trying to get enough nerve to start my art. The inspiration has been incredible as I expose my enter muse to that of so many other mixed medium artist. I would like to thank Suzi Blu, Millande and Paula for sharing their words of wisdom, silliness, creativity and talents to the world via the Internet. They have inspired me to do art for art sake just like I started when I was four years old and saw my first jars of color over 50 something years ago.
I hooked up with my old artist friends (several years since we sat together) and seeing them had my muse doing handstands...people who speak my language and share my love!!! Whoo-hoo. Thank you Colleen, Shirley,Tina and our protector, Stanley. They introduced me to a drawing technique called "Roly-Poly". Making them were as fun as the name. When I learn how to post photos and stuff I will share what we did at a later date. I am a newbie to this electronic age and have a lot to learn. So as I continue my travels through this part of my life, I am excited and feel like that little girl on her first day of kindergarten who was directed towards jars of color and handed a giant paint brush and instinctively knew what to do with it. God is good.
I have been watching YouTube videos for the past several weeks and trying to get enough nerve to start my art. The inspiration has been incredible as I expose my enter muse to that of so many other mixed medium artist. I would like to thank Suzi Blu, Millande and Paula for sharing their words of wisdom, silliness, creativity and talents to the world via the Internet. They have inspired me to do art for art sake just like I started when I was four years old and saw my first jars of color over 50 something years ago.
I hooked up with my old artist friends (several years since we sat together) and seeing them had my muse doing handstands...people who speak my language and share my love!!! Whoo-hoo. Thank you Colleen, Shirley,Tina and our protector, Stanley. They introduced me to a drawing technique called "Roly-Poly". Making them were as fun as the name. When I learn how to post photos and stuff I will share what we did at a later date. I am a newbie to this electronic age and have a lot to learn. So as I continue my travels through this part of my life, I am excited and feel like that little girl on her first day of kindergarten who was directed towards jars of color and handed a giant paint brush and instinctively knew what to do with it. God is good.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Retired - New Beginnings
After working almost 44 years, I decided to apply for Social Security Benefits for an early retirement. This was to be my last ditch attempt at saving my life. After years of health uncontrolled health issues I find myself wearing an oxygen apparatus and surviving with the help of kidney dialysis. Uncontrolled, because I half-heatedly listened to health care professionals, blah, blah, blah...bottom line, somethings I could and should have controlled. Someone called me "inconsistent" when I was a young person and I must have programmed myself to make what that person labeled to be as truth for me (I talk about "labels" other people put on you later).So despite the aspect of possibly going without the basic necessities of life, it made sense to have a new life that focus on me and new life style that was better than working eight hours a day for someone else and then another hooked up to a kidney machine. BUT I am one of those folks that did not plan ahead for retirement. I guess I did not think I would reach age 62 (I did not think I should have made it to 30 years old) let alone have all this stuff (temporarily) wrong with me (to much stuff to list and I hate seeing the list anyway). I retired on February 3, 2012 from one of the best companies I have ever worked. It was difficult to leave a decent salary, wonderful health care, great friends (who treated me like real family). The word "RETIREMENT" made me feel like a broken toy who had slipped onto the bottom of the toy chest...broke, old and outdated. In reality, I am a work in progress. Keep an eye on me. I do not know where this new journey is headed, but I am excited about the thought of blooming where Father God has planted me some 62 years ago.
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